Freight vehicle side wall with anchoring means for lading strapping



Sept. 16, 1 F. H. PIETZSCH FREIGHT VEHICLE SIDE WALL WITH ANCHORINGMEANS FOR LADING STRAPPING 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 5, 1949 INVENTOR:M

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Sept. 16, 1952 F. H. PIETZSCH FREIGHT VEHICLE SIDE WALL WITH ANCHORINGMEANS FOR LADING STRAPPING .3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 5, 1949 m5ATTORNEYS.

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FREIGHT VEHICLE SIDE WALL WITH ANCHORING MEANS FOR 1.1mm: STRAPPINGFiled Feb. 3, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Z444 //44 /V 5604464441 #AV/ HISATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 16, 1952 UNITED sTAfT-Es PATENT OFFICE FREIGHT VEHICLESIDE WALL WITH AN- CHORINGMEANS FOR. LADING STRAPPING FrankiH. 'P ietzsch, 'Claytori, Mo., assignor to Western Railway Equipment Company,- St.Louis, Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application February 3, 1949,Serial No.74.415

This invention relates to freightvehicle's; particularly railway freightcars whose side walls-are provided with anchors for strapping for.holding lading in placeinthe car.

The principal object of the presentinvention is to provide a simple. andeconomical sidewall construction having a multiplicity-of readilyaccessible lading strapping anchors rigid therewith and spaced apartboth longitudinally andfverticallythereof. Another object is tolocatethe anchors entirely within theside wall so as to maintain themaximum cubical capacity of the car. Another object is to-provideforsupporting a plurality of anchors in a single supporting member.

which iorms part'of the inner sheathing of a double". sheathed car wall.Another objectlis to provide. an anchor supporting rriember' which .isinterchangeable with'the liningboards of a den ble sheathed carwallg,Anotherobjectis to provide an. anchor supporting member which is,secured to andextends from sidep'ost to sideipost of the car wall so asto increase the strength and rigidity. thereof. V l. The inventionconsists inmountin'g' a plurality *of strap anchors inua singlesupporting memb'er for'unit handling and attachment to. the car wall. Italso consists in theg'shape of' the supporting member and in the mannerof mountingthe anchors therein; and also consists in the parts and inthecombinations and arrangements of parts hereinafterdescribedandjclaimedfl jThe accompanying drawings, whichiorm part of thisspecification and whereinlike symbols re-' fer to like parts whereverthey occur,

Fig. 1 is a part side elevational and partjvertical longitudinalsectional yiewjof a portion of a railway ireightcar'l'ifaving side wallsprovided withmeans embodying my inventi n fcranchoringladingstrappingthereto;

' 47mg. '2 isf an enlargedjverti'cal amma-ea through one side'wallof thecar the line 2 inFig.1, I Fig. 3 is an. enlargedfragmentaryfi'nside.ele-

.- vationlal view 'oia portion of "said side wall, i

- Fig; ejis an enlarged horizontalsectional view on theline 4-4411F153,;

i '5; anlje'nlarged .vertic al sectional view 6. is a vertical sectionalthe line embe inf he, s ppo aaimsmbj .t cr.

s. r 8 an I enlar d l' ia m i rr hq izonta 7 3 Claims. (01. 105-369)unit'shown embodied in the the lading held in place by the strapping andone end of the strapping. secured to one of the an? chors in theadjacent side wall of the car, a

Fig. 9 is a side elevational view of a multianchor unit of modifiedconstruction,

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary inside elevational view of the car wall withthe modified multi-anchor inside sheathing of saidwall, i i Fig.1]. isavertical section on the line! l --ll in Fi .10, I V

Fig. 12 is a horizontal section on the line l 2-l2 in Fig. 10;and a Fig.13 is a perspective view of a portion of the modified multi-anchor unit.v

Inthe accompanying drawings, my invention is shown embodied in a railwayfreight car having double sheathed'side walls comprising metal sideposts I of Z-shapedcross-section, metallic outside sheathing 2 securedto the outside flanges ofsaid sideposts wooden nailin posts 3 mounted inthe angles between the webs ofr the said side posts and the outerflangesthereof, flush with the inner side flanges thereof, and a woodeninside sheathing comprising a plurality of boards 4 that extendlongitudinally of the wall inedgewise abuttingrelation and seat flatwiseagainst the inner flanges of the said side posts and are nailed fiatwiseto the inner sides of said nailing posts. The double sheathed car wallconstruction thus far described is well known and it is consideredunnecessary to describe it in detail.

. relation both vertically and longitudinally thereof, shown in Fig. 8,the flexiblemetal strapping 5 extends from sidewall-to side wall. oi thecar for holding the lading 6 in place therein and has each end looped:around the depressed anchor bars 1A in' the innerfaces of the adjacentmetal supporting member B comprising a central longitudinal channel 8,inverted hollow. ribs 9 extending alongopposite sides of said channeland outstanding side marginal base flanges 'i-il extending alongtheouter side walls of saidr'ios.

. The central 'longitudinalchannel Band inverted hollow longitudinalside ribs e'oi the; anchor bai' support or carrier member extendcontinuously site sides of said channel with their flat sides I I Theanchor bars A extend from side to side'of the disposed parallel with thebottom thereof.

channel 8 and through the holes I3 in thesides thereof into the invertedhollow side ribs 9 and bear flatwise against the undersides of'the topsthereof and are permanently secured in placeby welds I4 that extendaround said openings inside of said ribs. As shown in Fig. 7, theopenings I3 in the sides of the channel are extended, as at I3 throughthe adjacent edges'of thetops of the hollow side ribsd so asto.facilitate.- insertion of the. anchor bars A insaid' openings.

The elongated anchor bar supporting members B extend longitudinally ofthe car wall in vertically spaced relation. and span the spaces betweenthe metal side posts Iywiththeir outstandingside marginal flanges. I0and the bottoms of their channels 8 seated flatwise against the. innerside flanges of. said side posts. The members B are rigidly secured tothe inner side flanges of the side posts I by means of Welds I5 thattend along the outer side edges of the side. marginal base flanges of.said members. Then-orizontally extending members B are spaced apartvertically of the car wall; The combined: overallwidthof the channel 8and-the invertedhollow ribs 9; on opposite sides thereof correspondssubstantially: to the width. of. a standard inside lining or sheathingboard, whereby said members are interchangeable with some of said boardsto take the place thereof the inside lining. As shown. in the drawings,.the sheathing boards 4,.immediately above and below the longitudinalanchor- Ibarv support. 13. are rabbeted as I6, to accommodatethelouterside flanges Idol said member and the securing. welds I5 therefor.

In the modified .multi-anchorunit shown in Figs. 9 to 13, inclusive, thecentral-longitudinal channel 8 of the anchor bar support B is a rolled.metal section similar to the. hereinbefore described pressed metalanchorbar support B except that the, central longitudinal channel 8 isof. less depth than inverted hollow side ribs E and hassidesthat'flareorv diverge outwardlyand are. not provided 'withfopeningsfor the anchor bars. In thismodified construction, the anchor bars. Aextend fromside to side of. the.- channels 8? and the I squareends ofsaid barslcooperate with the flared side of. said channel to; providefrom said side posts and thus preventing heat transference by conductionbetween the metal side posts and channel andreducing the tendency of thechannel to sweat or frost incold weather.

A further'fea-ture resides in the downwardlyinclined lower-sides oftheanchor-bar supporting 4 channels. The inclined sides prevent dust or'other material from lodging in said channels.

The hercinbefore described construction has numerous advantages. Theanchor bars are mounted wholly within the car wall, thereby maintainingthe maximum. cubical capacity thereof and are-not apt to be struck ordamaged by the lading; and the anchor bars are easily accessible forattachment of the lading strapping thereto. The anchor bars and supportstherefor may be. quickly and easily secured to the side posts of the caras a. complete preassembled unit -which has great strength andcooperates with saidi posts to. increase the strength and rigidity ofthe car-wall; The anchor bar supports are interchangeable with thesheathing boards of the inside'li'ning ofthefcar wall and are thusadapted to besubstituted for any one of said boards to form part of theinside lining. The anchor bar supports also have grain-tight contactwith the sheathingboards'associatecftherewith: Obviously; thehereinbefore described con struction admits of considerable modificationwithout departing from the: invention. There'- fore, I do not wishtolimitit'to'the precise a1..- rangements' shown. and" described;

I. In a freight vehicle side wall" construction including; sideposts'and'lining boards secured," to the sideposts and spanningj tlfespacest'therebetween, aichann'el memberdi'sposedin the plane of. andsubstantially coextensive. with. the lining boards" and i secured tothe" side: posts'between. two

I adjacent lining' ;boards, said channelfmember having acentitalichannel openingin the, plane of the lining boards andinvertedhollow ribs along opposite sides. of. saidrcentral channelisaidchannelfmember having rib. flanges-flapping the lining boards toclosethe vehiclesid'e wall. along both sides 'of' the member and;further having a width and thickness" correspondingjto the width andthickness of the lining boards for inter-.- changeability therewith anda plurality ofanchor members. for. -.lading, strapping, rigidly mountedin said" centralpchanneli in. longitudinally spaced"relation,,,theendsof". said anchor members being secured to. said inverted hollow ribsalong. opposite sides. of saidlcentralj channel; and each. of said"anchor members. being formed to have, opposite ffattenedgfaces. with oneof, said flattenedfaces. parallelltoand'spaeed fromv the. bottom surfaceof; the. central channel.

2'. In a vehicle side w'alliconstructionlinclud ing side. postsand'lining. boardssecured to the side posts longitudinally of, the.vehicle,, lading strapping anchoring means. extending longitudi'nallyvofthe, vehicle. andfittdj into. the plane of the side wallsinterchangeabIy 'with,,the lining boards to maintain a, smooth"wallisurfaca each of said anchoring means consisting inja channel memberhaving a central channel portion opening inwardly of the vehicle sidewall and hollow ribs at each sideqfthe channehportion each' of saidhollow ribs being closedto 'the" vehicle interior and having al'aterallygextending flange engaging the adjacentside 'walll'il n boardto provide a tight'closure in the longitudinal} zone of engagement, saidchannel'member furtherhaving saidhollow ribfianges in a; common, planebehind the plane of said central charinel portionforattachingthe'channel member to. the side posts at said-flangeswith'thecentral channel portion free of contact to -reduce' theheat'transferencfe by said? channelflmembersf through. the

vehicle sidewalls, and a; pluralityo'fanchormembers for lading strappingfixed across said central channel portion in spaced relation with thebottom surface thereof and arranged in longitudinally spaced relation.

3. In a vehicle side wall construction including side posts and liningboards of generally uniform thickness carried by the side postslongitudinally of the vehicle, lading strapping anchoring means securedto the side posts and fitted into the plane of the side walls and havinga general thickness conforming with the thickness of the lining boardsto maintain the surface thereof free of projections and sharp edges,each of said anchoring means consisting of a channel memher having acentral inwardly opening channel portion with angularly diverging sidesand a hollow rib integral with each channel side and closed to theinterior of the vehicle, said channel sides being free of openings andeach of said hollow ribs having a flange thereon engaged with anextending in lapped relation behind the adjacent lining board to sealthe vehicle interior against longitudinal openings, and a. plurality oflongitudinally spaced iading strapping anchor members welded to theopposite angularly di- 6 verging channel side walls outwardly of thebottom face of the channel portion, each of said anchor members havingits ends inwardly ad jacent said channel side walls and being fiattenedin cross-section with a flattened face generally parallel to the bottomface of the channel portion.

FRANK H. PIETZSCH.

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